Blana este curată.

The animal's coat is clean.

Breakdown of Blana este curată.

• a fi: to be
• curat: clean
• blana: the animal's coat

Questions & Answers about Blana este curată.

Why does blana end in -a?

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, not before it.

• blană = fur
• blana = the fur

So the -a here is basically the Romanian equivalent of English the.

Why isn’t there a separate word for the?

Romanian often uses an attached definite article.

In English:

• the fur

In Romanian:

• blana

This is very common in Romanian. Instead of a separate word like the, the noun itself changes form.

What does este mean?

Este means is. It is the 3rd person singular form of the verb a fi = to be.

So:

• Blana este curată. = The fur is clean.

In everyday speech, Romanians very often shorten este to e:

• Blana e curată.

Both are correct. Este is a little more full or neutral; e is very common in conversation.